An Electromagnetic Arms Race Has Begun: China Is Making Railguns Too

Railguns are one of the potential game-changing weapons of future war. Instead of using the power of chemical explosives such as gunpowder, a railgun uses electromagnetic force to propel projectiles to hypersonic speeds, potentially up to ranges of several hundred miles. A railgun's barrel has two parallel conducting rails built into it.
Read more: http://ift.tt/1P7hLsO